Hyderabad, March 7 – The Telangana government announced on Saturday that Naga Chaitanya had been chosen as the Best Actor for 2025 for his performance as the captain of a ship in director Chandoo Mondeti's 'Thandel', while Rashmika Mandanna had been chosen as the Best Actress for her powerful portrayal of a girl breaking free from a toxic relationship in director Rahul Ravindran's 'The Girlfriend'.
On Saturday, the Telangana government announced the winners of the prestigious Gaddar State Film Awards for 2025. Telangana Film Development Corporation Chairman Dil Raju announced the award winners at a press conference.
'Thandel', which earned Naga Chaitanya the Best Actor award, also won the Best Film on National Integrity award. Anil Ravipudi's popular blockbuster, 'Sankranthiki Vasthunam', won the Best Entertainment Film award.
The Best Film award went to 'Raju Weds Rambhai', while 'Dhandoraa' and 'The Pre Wedding Show' won the awards for the second and third best films, respectively.
The Best Debut Feature Film award went to the superhit film 'Little Hearts', while the Teja Sajja-starrer 'Mirai' won awards for Best Special Effects, Best Editing (Sreekar Prasad), and Best Cinematography (Karthik Ghattamneni).
'Court', one of the most powerful films of last year, which also went on to become a superhit, was adjudged the Best Social Message Film.
Actor Shivaji was chosen for the Best Supporting Actor award, while actress Bhumika was chosen for the Best Supporting Actress award.
The Best Actor (Jury) award went to Chaitanya Jonnalagadda for his performance in 'Raju Weds Rambhai', while the Best Actress (Jury) award went to Ananthika for her performance in '8 Vasanthalu'.
The Special Jury Hero award went to Roshan Meka for his performance in the period drama 'Champion'. 'Champion' also won awards for Best Art Direction (Thota Tharani), Best Action Choreography (Peter Hein), Best Dance Choreography (Aata Sandeep), and Best Costume Design (Chandrakant Sonawane and Ajay Kumar Nambala).
Eight special awards were also announced on the occasion. Megastar Chiranjeevi won the NTR National Award, while Ashwini Dutt won the Nagireddy – Chakrapani Award.
Actor, director, producer, and politician Kamal Haasan is to be presented the Paidi Jairaj Award, while veteran actress Jayasudha is to be honoured with the Akkineni Award.
Suddala Ashok Teja will be presented the C. Narayana Reddy (CINARE) Award, and R Narayana Murthy will be presented the Kantha Rao Award. The B N Reddy Award will go to Sangeetam Srinivasa Rao, one of the icons of Telugu cinema, and the Raghupathi Venkaiah Award will be presented to Ramesh Prasad.
